Freehand Drawing For Textiles - Flowers

This is a practical workshop for all levels from beginners to advanced students. Using flowers as the theme and inspiration for this course you will discover how to draw by observing shape, perspective, shadows, tone, pattern and depth...

Description

This is a practical workshop for all levels from beginners to advanced students. Using flowers as the theme and inspiration for this course you will discover how to draw by observing shape, perspective, shadows, tone, pattern and depth.

You will learn to dissect and identify the many layers within one single flower and draw that flower from several different angles.

Each stage of the course will contribute towards creating a series of strong images that can be used in textile design and developing these through to colour studies and abstract interpretations.

All work will be paper based, hand drawn and hand painted with a variety of medium including designers gouache, water colour paints and inks.

Please note that we will not be using computers on this course.

Level: All levels

Entry requirements: None

Tutor information

Kavita Kumari, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, began her career as a freelance fashion-print designer for both fashion & interiors, selling in New York to Calvin Klein after graduating from Central Saint Martins with a BA Honours in Textiles:Print. She has since held several independent and collaborative exhibitions and has utilised her skills as a painter and textile designer by working on commissions for Jujus and Village Underground for Corporate Events and New graduate Designers. With a PGCert in MA Academic Practice for Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education she has maintained a strong connection with the university through her position as a Specialist Learning and Teaching Print & Dye Technician supporting MA & BA courses at LCF. Kavita teaches Freehand Drawing for Textiles, Polychromatic & Deconstructed Screen Printing, Fashion Design Development, Fashion Design & Mtutaking and Fashion Design & Making Residential courses as a short courses summer school tutor for UAL Artscom across CSM and LCF sites.